Printer&#39;s quoin



A. AND L. SAUTER.

PRINTERS QUOIN.

APPUCATION FILED MAR. 13, 19 20.

1,395,149, Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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PRINTER S QUOIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed March 13, 1920. Serial No. 365,534.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED SAUTER and Leo Snorer, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Printers Quoins,of.

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a printers quoin and has for its primaryobject the construction of a quoin of two companion members permanentlyassociated in such a manner that a quick adjustment may be accomplished.

An object of the invention is to permanently connect the two members ofa quoin in such a manner that they will cooperate in a most activemanner.

A feature of our invention is providing each member with a tongueengaging the groove in the other member in combination with a pin sodisposed that the device will be prevented from being disengaged fromthe groove while at the same time allow accurate adjustment of thequoin.

Besides the above our invention is distinguished in a quoin that can. bequickly adjusted for saving time.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe quoin in collapsed position.

Fig. 2 is a view of the quoin in adjusted position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the quoin.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the upper members.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the lower member.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 77 of Fig. 6.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one construction of ourinvention the numeral 1 designates a quoin in its entirety consisting ofa pair of companion members 2 and 3. Each member is provided with a rib4 terminating short of one end thereof and slidablv engaging a groove 5in the other member. ach groove is arranged at a different level thanthe rib but extends in the same direction and forms projections 5slidable on the opposite sides of the associated rib t. The members areof wedge shape formation so that their inclined surfaces 6 sliding inengagement with each other will cause the thickness of the quoin toincrease, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so as to make the properadjustments. Recesses 7 are illustrated for engagement with the ordinarytool. For the purpose of preventing complete dislocation between thedevice and groove we provide a headed pin 8 fixed to one member andengaging a T shaped slot 9 in the other member.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing it will be apparent that we provide a demos of simpleconstruction that may be readily adjusted and in which the parts arepermanently associated so as to insure the cooperation of two membersaccurately associated so as to accomplish accurate adjustment.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin various other manners and the parts associated in different relationsand, therefore, we do not desire to be limited in any manner except asset forth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- A printers quoincomprising two wedge shaped members each provided with a rib terminatingshort of one end and each groove arranged at a different level butextending in the same direction as the rib, the groove of one memberslidably receiving the rib of the other member, and projections on eachmember slidably engaging the side of its associated groove, each memberbeing further provided with tool receiving recesses.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

ALFRED SAUTER. LEO SAUTER.

